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Christmas crossword: The winners

issue 18 January 2014

Christmas carols, and their anagrammed ‘new titles’:
 
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY
GOOD KING WENCESLAS
I SAW THREE SHIPS
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
 
ALLELUIA OF THE COMFY
ADMIT UMPTEENTH
ANGELIC CHOIR
COSY, DAINTY, DIVINE
CAROL
LEGS GO CAKED IN SNOW
SPIES THEIR WASH
MIRED IN WHITE BLANKET
 
The first prize of £100, three prizes of £25 and six further prizes of the new Chambers Crossword Completer go to the following. The first four winners will also receive a bottle of champagne.
 
First prize Mr J. Frankland, Milnthorpe, Cumbria
 
Runners-up Martin Dey, Hoylandswaine, S. Yorks; Roger King, Twickenham, Middlesex; N.H. Parmee, London SW11
 
Additional runners-up Richard Foden, Vesenaz, Switzerland; Sid Field, Stockton-on-Tees; Bob Chapman, Toronto; Duncan Milroy, East Molesey, Surrey; Cathy Staveley, London SW15; Gerry Fairweather, Layer Marney, Essex

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